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@nimh gieten stent @Hite WILLIAMr J, KEEP, 0E BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent llo. 77,886,- dated May 12, 18,68.

IMPRGVED SHIELD FOR SMOOTHINGIR.0NS.-

To' ALL WHoM IT MAY CQNCERN: i n

` Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. KEEP, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improved- Shield and` Holdcr for Smoothing-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is,

a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of. this specificationl s I Figure 1I being a'top view ofthejshield lproper by itself.

Figure 2, a side 4view Vof thesame. l p i p Figure 3, a side view, with the-hoider proper united with the shield,`a'nd forming the completearticle, Figure 4, an endview thereof. i i Like letters designate corresponding-parts in all of the figures.

The shield is composed essentially of'. a plate,'A, which may'be of sheet metal below, and lined with wood, or other' slow conductor of heat, above, as represented in the drawings, suilieient in sizerand suitable in shape i to cover the smoothing-iron, otnearly so, and thereby shield the hand of the personusing it from the'xadiation of heat from the'smoothing'iron, and from danger ot contact therewith; and a shank, B,situated centrally vover the plate A, at the proper distance.,l and in a direction parallel longitudinally lwith. the'lplate, for attaching the holder D Vto the shield. This shank is o'nnected with' the shield-plate A'by ancck, 6, which'is secured to the said plate by a anch, c, andrivets, d d, or by any other suitable means.

p The plate A'h'as a. slot or opening, a a, entering at the front eind, Wide venough to embrace the handle of"A `th'e smoothing-iron, near. theV iron itself', and `extend-ing baekfar enough to allow the plate to bebrought fully over thel body of the smoothingsir'on. And, since the handles of different wsmoothing-,irons d ieri'n size, the

`width of this loblong opening or slot may Vvary correspond ingly to snit thediii'erent makes and sizes` ofjsaid handles.. This eonstruetionof the shield-plate allows lit to be'placedin position `hy 'simply,sli ding it over the smoothing-iron, enibracingthe handle thereof close down to thc body. This'is very easily accomplished. f

.o f the handle separately.

Most properly-'the oblong'opening a enters at'the front end of the shieldplate,`snce itis most convenient to-shove the plate forward 'endyvise over .the smoothing`iron);4 But it-might enter' at the' baek'endandslide on backward, -or there might be'two suehvope'nings entering at one side of -the plate, so as to `embrace thetwo legs Also the opening might bencovered or,closed, after the shield is put in place, byta plate of 4metal or other material swinging or sliding over the plate A for the purpose of protecting the hand over the opening.

t The holder may 'be made oficloth, or any other proper flexible and slory'heat-condncting material@ If of cloth, it may be lined with cloth', or other material, and-stnfednvith cotton, Wool, heir; or other` suitnblesuhstance. It is provided with a sheath, loops, or cqpia'lent means of attachingit to the shank B offfthershield, the said shankbeing thin, so as not to interfere ti'ith the grasping ofthe handle, and the shank may have a holeor holes, as (ntf, for sewing or tasking the .holder thereto.

' WhatI claim asmy invention; and desire to secure by Letters Patent, `i`s-" i A shield-plate, A, fo'r smoothing-irons, provided with the oblon'g'opening or openings a for. admitting the handlevorf the iron, and with .n shank` B, for connectinga holder-with the shield', constrn`et ed and operating substantially as herein specied.

' The aboveispecification of my improved shield for smoothing-irons signed by me, lthis 30th day of Septem.

.ben 18,6?

WILLIAM J. KEEP. Witnesses: i

H. BQBURT,

'W'. JoNEs. 

